Relaxed, laid back style of headquarters for a brokerage firm. More of a tech company than brokerage.

Cons

Lack of infrastructure in relative terms but inability to change and adapt to keep up with competition but seems its reputation continues to hold up

Advice to ManagementAdvice

Reputation management is key and with one that is already regarded highly, all necessary growth may be reliant for company to create the infrastructue and communication lines on both horizontal and vertical levels

This company is very open minded in terms of technology. Its academic roots foster creativity.

Cons

You will almost certainly not get ahead here unless you are an old friend of management. Salaries are firmly middle of the road, benefits are very basic and after multiple changes in administration and rounds of layoffs, the staff is demoralized and management is isolated and confused.

The very small group that occupy the core of this company and stand to gain from the long-awaited hockey stick in the profit graph and the resultant IPO have stood before us and said, with absolutely straight faces, that getting a job at Google is a bad idea.

Free drinks and lunch. That's about it. I am really having a hard time thinking of anything positive to say about this operation.

Cons

Management is highly incompetent, poor decision making, even worse leadership. There is a major disconnect between departments. Hard work is not rewarded. Also close to 40% of the company was laid off in 2014.

lots of food and beverage and some party perks that are not appreciated by staff based on comments to the person who arranges food/beverages

Cons

Management worst I have seen like to promote from within which is great if within has any talent they don't huge issue between software company or financial company engineers think software rest think financial. Money when profitable (not in any month in 2014) comes from being a trading company not from selling software which sounds like a financial company to me? Two rounds of downsizing so far in 2014.

Advice to ManagementAdvice

find a buyer or close shop current plans require massive expense cuts (30%) and market good not great market performance to break even. Do you need engineers when cheaper 'coders' from college can likely be more productive in most positions.

Free drinks and lunches and snacks. The people are great and historically, OANDA has been really good at keeping talent and treating their people well.

Cons

A significant amount of volatility in the company and almost no career growth opportunity within the customer service department. There is definitely a cultural divide and this causes many misunderstandings